August 01, 2002
Angola: UN Head Calls for Urgent Action to Avert Angolan Disaster
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In a report released today at UN Headquarters in New York. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has proposed the creation of a new United Nations mission for Angola,… Read more »
July 31, 2002
Zimbabwe: U.S. Zimbabwe Emergency Food Dispute Settled
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The United States and Zimbabwe have reached agreement on supplying emergency food to the famine-stricken southern African nation, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa… Read more »
Africa: Women Must be Equals in AU, says SA Parliamentary Speaker
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One of the historic but little publicised decisions at the recent summit of the African Union in Durban, South Africa was that five of the 10 commissioners - who will make up the… Read more »
Central Africa: Pretoria Pact "A Positive Step", Says Rwandan President [interview]
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"Without peace in this region, without peace and development in central Africa we couldn't possibly talk about peace in the rest of Africa". The words of the South African… Read more »
Central Africa: Kabila Says He Wants Peace and Will Get It [interview]
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The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo says he is optimistic about the latest South African and United Nations' brokered peace initiative to end the war in his country,… Read more »
July 30, 2002
Central Africa: Kabila And Kagame Sign Ambitious Congo Peace Deal
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South African President Thabo Mbeki described the signing Tuesday of a highly ambitious peace accord between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda as "a bright day for the… Read more »
Africa: 'Momentum' in Sudan, 'First Step' In Congo/Rwanda Conflict - Kansteiner
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The security pact signed Tuesday in Pretoria, South Africa by President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame is "a terrific… Read more »
Nigeria: U.S. Not Pressuring Nigeria On OPEC, Says Kansteiner
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The United States is not pressuring Nigeria to pull out of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Walter Kansteiner… Read more »
Central Africa: Congo, Rwanda to Sign Landmark Security Pact, but Peace Not Guaranteed
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The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are expected to sign an agreement, in South Africa, Tuesday, that may be the first step towards helping end the… Read more »
July 29, 2002
Africa: Trade Bill to Boost U.S. Textile Imports from Africa
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Tucked away in the controversial trade bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives early Saturday morning are provisions that could provide a significant boost to African… Read more »
July 24, 2002
Africa: Global Inequality 'Grotesque', Trends 'Ambiguous' - UNDP Report
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The Human Development Report, an annual measurement of global poverty issued by the United Nations Development Programme, once again provides an indicator of Africa's economic… Read more »
July 23, 2002
Africa: AU's Interim Boss Essy Struggles to Shed OAU Legacy [interview]
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The outgoing interim secretary-general of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the Ivorian Amara Essy, was returned - again in an interim capacity - as the new head of the… Read more »
Africa: Libya?s 'Mr Africa? on the AU, Nepad and Peer Review [interview]
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The South African president, Thabo Mbeki, was the official host and chairman of the inaugural summit of the African Union (AU) in Durban earlier this month. But the leader who… Read more »
July 22, 2002
Central Africa: Congo and Rwanda Agree Peace Deal, says South Africa
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have reached agreement on steps to end the four year conflict in the DRC, South African negotiators announced on Monday. Read more »
Africa: 'Atlanta is a Model for Africa' Says Amb. Andrew Young [interview]
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Few U.S. political leaders in the United States are as identified with Africa as Andrew Young, former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, former Congressman from that city and U.S.… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Role in Lumumba Murder Revealed [analysis]
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In his latest film, "Minority Report," director Steven Spielberg portrays a policy of "preemptive action" gone wild in the year 2054. But we don't have to peer into the future to… Read more »
July 18, 2002
Africa: US Inching Closer To Consensus on Sustainable Development Summit
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High-level officials from 27 nations who met in New York Wednesday at the urging of South African president Thabo Mbeki, say outstanding differences between developing nations and… Read more »
Mozambique: Outspoken Provincial Governor Says Economic Success isn't Helping the Poor
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Felicio Zacarias, governor of Mozambique's central province of Sofala, is famous. They call him "Samoriano", or Samora the younger, after Mozambique's first president Samora… Read more »
July 17, 2002
West Africa: Ecowas Head Predicts Liberian Gov't-Rebel Talks, Praises AU [interview]
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Dr Mohamed ibn Chambas is the executive secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). He attended the recent inaugural summit of the African Union (AU) in… Read more »
Africa: Foreign Minister Seeking Pre-WSSD Summit 'Consensus'
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Tough, unresolved issues keep the United States, European Union, Canada, Japan and Australia far apart from developing nations, a month before an "Earth Summit" formally called the… Read more »
July 16, 2002
Zimbabwe: American Journalist Granted 24-Hour Deportation Reprieve
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U.S. journalist Andrew Meldrum, who was ordered on Monday to leave Zimbabwe within 24 hours, has been granted a one-day reprieve by a High Court judge in the capital, Harare. Read more »
Mozambique: Frelimo's Future Presidential Candidate Sets Out His Stall [interview]
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The swearing in last month of Armando Guebuza as the new secretary general of Mozambique?s ruling party, Frelimo, makes it certain that he will be the party?s presidential… Read more »
July 15, 2002
Zimbabwe: US Journalist Fights Deportation After Acquittal
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An American journalist, who was acquitted Monday in Zimbabwe on charges of publishing a false story under stringent new media laws, is appealing against his deportation from the… Read more »
West Africa: Attempts to Bring Peace to Liberia - Can They Succeed?
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Following Sierra Leone's successful - and peaceful - elections in May, there's increased optimism that life really will return to normal. Yet Sierra Leone is not an island. Even if… Read more »
July 12, 2002
Africa: Washington's 'Africa Community' Salutes Veteran Campaigner Lucas
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"Unless we do something now there will not be any Africa!" With forceful words on the need for organization and to campaign against HIV/Aids, former Africare head C. Payne Lucas… Read more »